John-a-dreams

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A man who is a daydreamer and therefore unproductive. archaic

    "[…] Yet I, / A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak / Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, / and can say nothing."

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john-a-nokesjohn-a-stiles

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"[…] Yet I, / A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak / Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, / and can say nothing."

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